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The Santos Curse continues...
LurkerNoMore:
Let's see how fast Kevin "I Need Every Vote I Can Get" McCarthy deals with this.
Santos is just proving to be a Mini-Me version of Trumpy. Liar, conman, thief, getting indicted, and his aides too.
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Feds Indict George Santos Campaign Aide Over Shady Fundraising Tactics
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Feds+Indict+George+Santos+Campaign+Aide+Over+Shady+Fundraising+Tactics
A campaign fundraiser for indicted Rep. George Santos (R-NY) has himself been indicted on four federal felony counts stemming from emails and phone calls in which he allegedly impersonated a high-ranking aide to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).
Samuel Miele, who worked for Santos during the 2020 and 2022 election cycles, is facing four counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday.
McCarthy and his chief of staff, Dan Meyer, are not cited by name in the indictment, but it was widely reported earlier this year that Miele had masqueraded as Meyer when contacting donors. Miele was reportedly fired after the allegations became public.
“Mr. Miele is not guilty of these charges,” his attorney, Kevin Marino, told The Daily Beast in an email on Wednesday. “He looks forward to complete vindication at trial as soon as possible.”
The feds say Miele posed as Meyer while communicating with more than a dozen potential donors during the last half of 2021. He did this “falsely and without authorization,” to raise money for Santos—and a 15 percent commission for himself, the indictment says. Miele made phone calls as Meyer, and sent emails from an account set up in Meyer’s name, according to the indictment. The funds were then deposited into Santos’ campaign account, after which Miele got his cut, the indictment states.
Prosecutors say Miele copped to the scheme in a letter to Santos last September, admitting to “faking my identity to a big donor.” However, Miele pointed out, there was “high risk, high reward in everything I do.”
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Irongrip400:
How is this dude still in office? He’s a fucking disgrace.
LurkerNoMore:
--- Quote from: Irongrip400 on August 16, 2023, 02:40:38 PM ---How is this dude still in office? He’s a fucking disgrace.
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Obviously you have to have indictments to qualify for the GOP these days.
LurkerNoMore:
He was that before Santos came around... now he's got to protect that slim margin at all costs. Weakest Speaker ever. Scared of his own shadow.
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Democrat calls McCarthy ‘pathetic and shameful’ for protecting Santos after aide charged
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Democrat+calls+McCarthy+%E2%80%98pathetic+and+shameful%E2%80%99+for+protecting+Santos+after+aide+charged
A senior Democrat called Kevin McCarthy “pathetic and shameful” on Wednesday, for continuing to protect George Santos even as a staffer to the fabulist Republican congressman faced charges for impersonating the House speaker’s own chief of staff.
Daniel Goldman of New York said: “According to a federal indictment, George Santos paid someone to impersonate Kevin McCarthy’s chief of staff to raise money, yet McCarthy continues to protect Santos.
“Pathetic and shameful.”
The indictment of Samuel Miele on four counts of wire fraud and one of aggravated identity theft was issued in the same New York court where in May Santos pleaded not guilty to charges including fraud, theft and money laundering, CNBC reported.
Miele did not immediately comment.
Santos was elected to his New York seat last November. He was soon found to have fabricated most of his résumé and to be under investigation in multiple jurisdictions for alleged misdeeds including campaign finance violations, dubious business schemes and sexual harassment.
McCarthy removed Santos from committee assignments but otherwise refused to move against a congressman who backed him through 15 votes for speaker, saying investigations should run their course.
In May, Republicans dodged a Democratic attempt to make Santos only the sixth member ever expelled from the House. Santos, who has admitted “embellishing” his résumé but denies wrongdoing, is running for re-election next year.
CNBC first reported Miele’s impersonation of a senior McCarthy staffer, saying he called “wealthy donors” during the 2020 and 2022 election cycles, identifying himself as Dan Meyer.
In that report, in January, CNBC said: “The impersonation of the top House Republican’s chief of staff adds to an emerging picture of a winning congressional campaign propelled by fabrications and questionable tactics.”
Since then, almost every aspect of Santos’s political career, even his real name, has been brought into question.
Republicans under McCarthy control the House by just five seats, making Santos’s seat a key target for Democrats.
Goldman, a former prosecutor and lead counsel to the first impeachment of Donald Trump, has worked with another New York Democrat, Ritchie Torres, to keep Santos in the spotlight.
In remarks on the House floor in June, Goldman told Republicans: “You are the party of George Santos.
“… The guy is an alleged and acknowledged liar and indicted, and you protect him every day … It’s pathetic, and it’s beneath you and it’s beneath this body.”
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SOMEPARTS:
Two sentences in and Trump's name....rent free.
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